1. Mountain Research Initiative, c/o Institute of Geography, Erlachstrasse 9a, Trakt 3, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
2. Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 10, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
3. Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State University, 0730 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-0730, USA
4. Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands, Crieff Road, Perth, PH1 2NX, Scotland, UK
5. Department of Geography and Environment and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Bâtiment Uni Carl Vogt, 66 boulevard Cal Vogt, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
6. College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration Building, 101 SW 26th St, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
7. Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Université catholique de Louvain, 3, place Louis Pasteur/L4.03.08 (Bâtiment Mercator, 3e étage), 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium